Just bought a 1200 coupe as I've finished my 1000 coupe. My mechanic says the engine mounts are totally bent. He says they should be straight up from the cross member. At the moment they bend towards the front of the car then straighten and everything engine/radiator wise looks in the right spot. Any help?

wot year is it? wot engine does it have in it? it may have home modded engine mounts to account for a early -late model engine swap??
pics would help

nah the engine mounts on the crossmember are supposed to go forwards a little bit

mount bolts on about 2 inchs forward of the centre line of the crossmember

woops my mistake i read it wrong

Pigdog is spot on they go forward about 2" from centre line.
You gotta watch some of these so called"mechanics"unless there old school they would'nt know half the time.

Cheers

This is the factory 1971-1973 Datsun 1200 (Coupe, ute, sedan, wagon) mounts:

the two bolts are where the crossmember is, motor mounts look about 2" forward, as already stated.




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1974-up are different.

1970 model. Standard A 12 engine with no mods at all. From all the fantastic feed back it appears they do go forward so now I can tell my mechanic he doesn't know everything. Thanks heaps.

how could you think they are bent though...the mount surface would still be flat with the block mount. and all the bends are nicely pressed smooth bends

tell your mechanic to not give up his other day job

SOME MOTHERS DO AVEM' Let me see if I have it right; Acne, cap on backwards and drives a VL Dunnydoor is my guess!